Passage #3: Chapter XVIII, pg. 72
"Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face. She felt no interest in anything about her. The street, the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic."
(Transition within Edna is occurring, her light and excitement (Robert) is gone and her world has become dull and lifeless)
(Lively things are occuring all around her,yet on the inside and outside she is slowly losing the energy and the need to keep going on)
(Life is plain different for her, she wants Robert there, he was the only one who truly understood and took time to listen to her, and with him gone there is a void that will be difficult to fulfill.)
This passage is a great example of what change Edna is going through. When Robert initially comes, we see this emergence of independence and confidence, an awakening. She begins to paint more, do things for herself rather than what Leonce or anyone else expects her to do. Robert brings out the best in Edna, they can carry on conversations easily and share a lot of things in common with one another. However; when Edna finds out that Robert is leaving possibly forever to Mexico, we see a change. Like the passage states "Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression...", she is focusing on the grief and the heartache that she is experiencing because the light and the liveliness in her life has gone away. She got so attached and connected to Robert that when he left it created this emptiness in her soul, she has no interests in anything anymore, she has no motivation, she is not herself, she is depressed.
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